245 Wohlers                                                                 ECONOMICS 301                                                     Dr. Dao
2:00-3:20 MTuWTh                               Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory                               Summer 2004
 
 

This course is about analyzing the determination of national income, employment, wages, and factors affecting inflation and growth.

Book Available from the Bookstore:

Dornbusch, Fischer, and Startz, Macroeconomics, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 9^th edition.

Course Requirements:

• Two hour exams: 50 percent of final grade
• Weekly Quizzes and Problem Sets: 20 percent of final grade
• Comprehensive Final: 30 percent of final grade

Office Hours:

MTuWTh 3:30-4:30 and by appointment

Office Location: 474 Wohlers

Office Phone: 244-6437

Website: www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfmqd/

Email: cfmqd@eiu.edu

1. INTRODUCTION AND NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING

1. Introduction (chapter 1)
2. National Income Accounting (chapter 2)

2. FIRST MODELS

1. Income and Spending (chapter 9)
2. Money, Interest, and Income(chapter 10)
3. Monetary and Fiscal Policy (chapter 11)

3. AGGREGATE SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AND BIG EVENTS

1. Aggregate Supply and Demand (chapter 5)

First Hour Exam: Thursday, July 1st, 2004

1. Aggregate Supply:Wages, Prices, an Unemployment (chapter 6)
2. Big Events: The Economics of Depression, Hyperinflation, and Deficits (chapter 18)

4. BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATIONS

1. Consumption and Saving (chapter 13)
2. Investment Spending (chapter 14)
3. The Demand for Money (chapter 15)
4. The Fed, Money, and Credit (chapter 16)

Second Hour Exam: Monday, July 26^th, 2004

5. INFLATION, BUDGET DEFICITS, AND GROWTH

1. The Anatomy of Inflation and Unemployment (chapter 7)
2. Growth and Accumulation (chapter 3)
3. Growth and Policy (chapter 4)

5. INTERNATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS

1. International Linkages (chapter 12)

Final exam: As Scheduled by the University